Umbrella-holder



' C. A. COOPER.

UMBRELLA HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED AUG-I3. I920.

' Patented Sept: 27, 1921.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES CHARLES A. 0001233, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

UMBRELLA-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

" Patented Sept. 27, 1921.

Application filed- August 13, 1920. Serial No. 403,310.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. COOPER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Umbrella-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to household appliances and has particular reference to racks or the like for holding umbrellas, canes, or analogous devices.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a holder comprising a hollow body of any suitable external design or cross sectional construction, and which likewise may be made of any suitable material or materials and either of suflicient weight to be self-supporting or which may be locked to the floor or other support by screws or analogous fasteners.

Another object of the invention is to provide an umbrella holder designed to hold individual umbrellas in erect position and in such a manner that any drip water from an umbrella will be conveyed along the tip into the interior of the holder so that the water will not reach the floor, and yet come as little as possible into deteriorating contact with the crown of the umbrella.

With the foregoingand other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a horizontal section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the broken lin 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form of the invention.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings I show my umbrella holder as comprising a hollow body 10 including a base 11 mainly fiat for contact with the floor, and which may be self-supporting if made wide enough and of cast metal or the like. I show, however, a plurality of countersunk holes 12 formed in the base through which screws or lag bolts may be passed to secure the holder in position. Projecting upward from the base and body are any desired number of socket members 13 of tubular form and preferably made integral with the body. Each socket member isfiared somewhat upward and terminates in an inwardly projecting bead 14. Within the body and in vertical alinement with the socket member isan umbrella rest or pedestal 15 having a slight concavity 16 in its upper end to receive the tip T of the umbrella.

Fitted within the socket member 13 and supported thereby in spaced relation to the pedestal is an umbrella clutch 17 shown in the form of a substantially cylindrical thimble open at both ends and having at its up per end an outwardly rolled flange 18 adapted to rest upon the bead 14. This thimble is made preferably of spring sheet metal, or its equivalent, and is longitudinally slitted to form two sets of tongues 19 and 20, preferably three in each set. The tongues 19 are struck outward at their upper ends from just beneath the flange 18 and are adapted to snap beneath the bead 14 to hold the clutch in the socket under ordinary circumstances, but if desired the clutch can be withdrawn under force from the socket. The tongues 20 are, struck inward from the sides of the thimble toward the center thereof, their free ends preferably projecting downward or away from the free ends of the tongues 19. These tongues 20 are preferably bowed so as to receive the tip end of the umbrella frictionally and resiliently when said tip isprojected downward into the thimble toward and against the upper end of the pedestal where it will be supported in erect position, no part of the umbrella engaging any part of the holding structure excepting the tongues 20 and the pedestal. Thus it will be noted that drip water from the umbrella will flow freely down the tip within the socket and will be guided along the thimble by reason of the fact that the tongues will hold the tips spaced from the main portion of the thimble. The drip water will be thus collected within the hollow body.

The variation in structur of Fig. 3 is indicated to include a plurality of sockets 13 and a corresponding number of clutches 17, otherwise the description already given will be understood as being applicable to both forms of the invention shown.

At any desired points the hollow body 10 is provided with one or more holes 21 for the accommodation of canes or the like.

I claim:

An umbrella stand comprising a closed hollow base constituting a receptacle for drip water, an upstanding tubular socket on the upper wall of said receptacle having communication with the interior, an interior upstanding pedestal provided on the bottom wall of the receptacle in vertical alinement with the socket for supporting an umbrella tip inserted therein, and means within said socket for holding the umbrella tip in spaced relation thereto to permit the drip water to freely drain from the umbrella into the receptacle.

CHARLES A. COOPER. 

